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The Blue Ocean fishing boat continues to languish on the tides near the far end of Niles Beach as the Coast Guard gets ready this week to pump out the fuel remaining in its sealed tank, according to Gloucester Harbormaster T. J. Ciarametaro. The 64-year-old wooden Eastern-rigged dragger broke anchor late Thursday night in high winds and drifted toward the beach. It remains about 50 yards off the far end of Niles Beach at low tide, partially submerged and keeled over onto its starboard side. During the weekend, the Coast Guard installed a floating containment collar around the vessel as a preventative measure against any leaks or ruptures that could send any environmental hazards into the water. “Right now, there has been no pollution into the water and there are no leaks or environmental hazards,” Ciarametaro said, adding that the boat has about 100 gallons of fuel remaining in its sealed tanks. Read the story here 21:23

NILS STOLPE: The New England groundfish debacle (Part IV): Is cutting back harvest really the answer?

While it’s a fact that’s hardly ever acknowledged, the assumption in fisheries management is that if the population of a stock of fish isn’t at some arbitrary level, it’s because of too much fishing. Hence the term “overfished.” Hence the mandated knee jerk reaction of the fisheries managers to not enough fish; cut back on fishing. What of other factors? They don’t count. It’s all about fishing, because fishing is all that the managers can control; it’s their Maslow’s Hammer. When it comes to the oceans it seems as if it’s about all that the industry connected mega-foundations that support the anti-fishing ENGOs with hundreds of millions of dollars a year in “donations” are interested in controlling. Read the article here

This week Turtle Island Restoration Network, a leading international marine conservation organization, and fellow environmentalists officially nominated the Pacific Fisheries Management Council (PFMC) for the ‘Shark Read More »

Fishermen who attended a meeting Monday in Point Judith about upcoming groundfish stock assessments are unhappy with the data collection process for those assessments. The Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Read More »

A Seattle-based crabbing industry association is announcing a bilateral agreement between the United States and Russia that targets illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing. The Alaska Bering Read More »